Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears just a green suit. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1900 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears a green shirt, with a pastel mid length shorts with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has moderate length auburn hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 sp. Coral (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.